CBSE asks Rajasthan to solve fees issue, schools say take us on board

TNN | Updated: Apr 19, 2020, 08:17 IST

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JAIPUR: Following a CBSE letter on Friday urging the state governments to settle fee issues to the satisfaction of all stakeholders, the private school association in Rajasthan has asked the state government to consult them before taking any action. The letter was issued to the state governments on April 17.
The CBSE doesn’t have the authority to regulate fees of its affiliated schools. The body said the state has 35,000 private schools and barring a few, majority of them doesn’t have a corpus fund to meet any emergency.
“At a time the government has clearly said to all private establishments including schools to pay salaries regularly and without any cuts, how can they ask to waive off the fees? It will render schools with no money to pay to it teachers and other staff,” Damodar Goyal, president of Society for Unaided Private Schools in Rajasthan, said.
He said government had announced two financial packages for industries, agriculture, banks and labourers but nothing for schools.
Education minister Govind Singh Dotasra was not available for comments. TNN